Hahhha! I like your style Allen - I'm hoping that's your first name right.----You are a cheeky young bugger coming on here saying you're proud of your attempt. Haha! I like that though - I think that's a lot of fun and shows you have some good thoughts going. Well done, and believe me - coming from me that's a compliment.----------------Regarding 'how else' would one play a sample library - well, a lot of the guys are not keyboard players as such and may use something like Sibelius or Finale and a mouse and get pretty good results. Also, a lot of orchestral parts may be impossible to play on a keyboard - for instance very fast string or woodwing runs or rushes. ---------------- Regarding repetition - repetition in musical terms can certainly be interesting I agree - but not when the same instrument or sound is constantly used.----You're going to have to trust me on the use of sound and articulations-------listen to what some of the guys have done on the demo site here - some of these boys are really good with the use of articulations.------------Yes - go for the video games - always try and do what your interest is.----------------Classical music is dying? I am meeting up with Sir Neville Marinner in a couple of weeks at a concert - I will pass on your message to him and try to convince him it's time to get into 'rock orchestra'. :)))))))))))------Time for me to get back to work. Very interesting.:))))))
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Well, I'm glad I'm giving you a laugh!! [;)]
I've never been called a cheeky, young bugger before though as I'm actually a quiet, shy type of person! LOL....
Though I am young - just turned 21 today...
Maybe it's because I've been up all night.... hehehe...
Yes classical music is dying.... it's nearly dead already!!!! But I wouldn't mind seeing it come back!!!
I'm trying to go for that Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt kinda sound.
But, yes... I completely admit - I know nothing....
-Allen
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Like the song "Molossus" to the Batman Begins film. Super repetitive, but also really, really entertaining because of how it weaves in and out of instruments, but the underlying strings and synth are doing the same thing throughout most of the song, only the dynamics change so that you only notice the repetition at certain points.
Another example is Hans Zimmer's "Chevalier de Sangreal" from Da Vinci Code. The same string part plays in the background throughout the entire song... and there are some really gentle "synthy" type things going on there too.
More articulations would be nice.... $600 for the Vienna Strings *gulp*, $600 more for the Vienna Winds, *gulp*....
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Another example: "Duel of the Fates," by John Williams....
sorry, I think I've hammered in my point well enough...
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Call it a wild guess. Well!!!! 21 TODAY!!! Happy Birthday my dear fellow. This is a special day for you. I have a daughter just turned 24 so I know what is must mean.-------------------Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt ay? Fantastic stuff!!!!! Hehehehe! Well -back to work.@allen_27821 said:
Though I am young - just turned 21 today...
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Yeah... but I just wanted to rub it in.... he's been giving me a hard time... so I thought I'd do the same [:P]
Okay, you must be over 70 then Paul.... 40 was too young of a guess...
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Alright, I realize now that Paul is all laughs... [:D] I was starting to take him seriously for a while there...
Thanks for the advice though Paul, I will take it to heart as I dig into my next song. Anything else you or anybody else noticed in my song that you think could be improved upon other than the way the brass sounded?
I experimented with adding more or less reverb. More reverb seems to make the instruments sound more real, but too much makes them sound too dull and washed out. Also, I just realized that the flute is slightly distored at the beginning because it was clippling slightly as it was processed through Altiverb. Did anybody else who listened to the song notice that?
-Allen
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